andrewducker | Interesting Links for 27-06-2023

Here is one of the people I follow about all things Russia/Ukraine:
https://medium.com/@nadinbrzezinski/wagner-developments-2f994647013c

I don't always follow everything because most of the Russian translations are done quickly, so metaphors and whatnot don't always make it over the fence. But it is always interesting, such as the picture of Prigozhin down the page.

That one pretty much tallies with my understanding. Putin rules while he keeps money and power flowing to Russian elites. Russia is basically lots of warlords and mafia types held together by wanting money. And it's starting to show.

That tallies with my own understanding, too: but there's more to the flow of money, when Putin is Russia (and the wider World's) pre-eminent money launderer.

Dividing up the spoils in a contracting and restricted economy is a way of making his supporters even richer: but Putin's ability to close or blow open the secret accounts and property holdings is the threat that keeps oligarchs in line.

That, and the fact that he can and will arrest them if they show the slightest hint of opposition.

Edited (spelling) 2023-06-28 07:45 (UTC)

He can arrest a couple. If he loses the trust of a lot of them then he's in trouble.

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